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Key Points Ford was delivered to the USN five days after completing its acceptance trials USN leadership noted cyber security would be a priority with Ford 's new digital systems The US Navy (USN) accepted delivery of the first-of-class future nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford

Vietnam is bidding to procure additional defence articles from the United States including more surplus US Coast Guard (USCG) vessels, a statement issued by the White House in Washington has confirmed. The statement said the prospect for additional defence sales was discussed on 31 May by US

Russian president Vladimir Putin said stationing a division of Russian forces on the contested Kuril Islands, opposite northern Japan, was in response to US militarisation in the region. Moscow has added military forces in the south Kuril Islands in response to an increase in US military

The successful intercept of a simulated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the first such intercept ever, is indicative of more realistic testing slated for the US homeland defence system over the coming years, according to the US Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) top officer. The system,

The US Navy (USN) plans to develop "the 'Top Gun' of information warfare" through its new Naval Information Warfighting Development Center (NIWDC), the head of the centre has told Jane's , aiming to build subject matter expertise in a range of areas within the field. The NIWDC reached

Militaries need to be proactive in the cyber warfare domain if they are to be able to generate effective responses to attacks, according to James Lewis, senior vice-president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Speaking at the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of

The difficulty in attributing cyber attacks poses significant challenges to governments and militaries in how they should respond to incidents. Speaking at the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence's (CCD COE's) International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) in Tallinn, Estonia,

BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman have signed new deals with the Australian government extending commitments to support the integration of local companies into their respective international supply chains. The new Global Supply Chain (GSC) agreements were announced on 2 June by Australia’s

Canadian aircraft simulation and training provider CAE Inc has reported full year results for 2017, revealing a large rise in revenue for the period. Annual sales rose by 7.6% year-on-year (y/y), reaching CAD2.7 billion (USD2.0 billion), while operating profit was also up to CAD365 million, a rise

Canada's fixed-wing search-and-rescue (FWSAR) programme is moving forward and an initial design review is expected to conclude in June, despite a legal protest against the project. The FWSAR programme awarded Airbus Defence and Space in December 2016 a contract that covers 16 C295W aircraft under a

Tensions between the Canadian government and Boeing appeared to have reached a new high on 1 June, when representatives of Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote revealed that discussions with the company over a potential Super Hornet acquisition had been suspended. Steven MacKinnon,

The Egyptian military announced on 26 May that it had carried out airstrikes against targets in Libya in the wake of an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt's Minya province earlier that day. The attack killed 29 and was claimed by the Islamic State. The Egyptian Ministry of Defence

Key Points Embraer is finishing its final Super Tucano for Lebanon Company feels confident it can find further international success with the aircraft Embraer is finishing up the last Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprop as part of a six-aircraft deal

General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) unveiled two new Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) variants at the annual CANSEC conference in Ottawa from 31 May to 1 June. The LAV 6.0 Combat Support Vehicle- Ambulance (CSV-A) and the LAV 6.0 Combat Support Vehicle- Maintenance and Recovery (CSV-MR) are

SEVEN police officers and a civilian were killed when a police armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) placed on a roadside by Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen militants in the Mangai area of Kenya's Lamu County on 31 May, Associated Press reported. Army personnel responding to

The Indian Navy (IN) will imminently commission into service the first of six licence-built French Kalvari (Scorpène)-class diesel-electric submarines, according to the navy’s chief of staff, Admiral Sunil Lanba. “INS Kalvari is going through the final phase of trials and we are

Indra is hoping to build on the success of its MRBR-800 system in the submarine electronic support measures (ESM) domain to win upgrade contracts, the company told Jane’s at Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) 2017. The company’s MRBR-800 system combines radar ESM (RESM) and electronic

The US-led coalition fighting confirmed on 25 May that over 100 civilians were killed when it bombed a building in the Iraqi city of Mosul on 17 March, but blamed the Islamic State fighters who had rigged it with explosives and were using it as a sniper position. Brigadier General Matthew Isler,

The South African Department of Defence has released for comment a draft defence industry strategy that flows from the Defence Review of 2015. The strategy has been drafted by the National Defence Industry Council (NDIC) that was established in March 2016 in terms of recommendations made by the

Key Points IHS Markit data shows a significant reduction in the level of fighting in the four areas designated as de-escalation zones, but an increase in fighting in eastern provinces bordering Iraq. Despite the Astana de-escalation plan, a political settlement to end the war remains very